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shallow

[shal-oh] / ˈʃæl oʊ /




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Cool promptly in shallow containers, label and refrigerate.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Its anatomy also suggests that the snake may have spent much of its time on land or in shallow, swampy environments, rather than living exclusively in water.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Between the homes, a freeform pool curves through natural rock, hiding a grotto and a slide, with a shallow ledge for lounging and an elevated spa,” according to the listing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Images of the so-called Taraia Object show what could be the remnants of a small aircraft sitting in shallow waters.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It was too shallow to make a cave: merely a hollow where the black basalt of the ravine’s side showed through.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Meanwhile, the ground around its active Santiago crater and lava lake continued to sink, suggesting that a separate, shallower magma reservoir was behaving differently.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The shallower the earthquake, the more likely it is to have more severe effects on the surface.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

However, small growers often have shallower wells that are more vulnerable to going dry when water levels drop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Young sharks tend to remain in the refuge of shallower areas near the shore where larger predators are less common.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

“Going to have another go anyway, try a shallower descent. Still have quite a lot of fuel, don’t really want to crash and go up in flames.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Currently, surveys are limited to very restricted spots, but with the help of these advanced underwater drones, scientists can extend their research from the shallowest regions to depths of 60 meters and beyond.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024

The yield curve continued to 'bear steepen' to show its shallowest inversion between two and 10-year yields in more than a year and actually in positive territory between two and 20 years.

From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2023

This water sits in some of the state's shallowest and most remote aquifers, where it has accreted over thousands of years beneath chalk-white valleys.

From Salon ● May 7, 2023

It’s a shame that, despite a few charming moments that show some depth, the film only offers the shallowest of dips into the ocean that is modern queer culture.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

The shallowest waves lap against mere inches of shore.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Divers tied stone weights around their ankles and held their breath as they sank to the bottom of the shallows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

On Thursday, the beachside felt calm as a woman was leisurely paddle boarding in the shallows while children played on the beach.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

They frequent the shallows surrounding Friday Harbor Labs, the UW research facility located on San Juan Island.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

Mothers, toddlers and lovers waded through the shallows like shore birds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

But as the family of geese peered into the shallows, they were reminded of the painful truth.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Once again, the sea shallowed, and fish shimmied between crags, sea urchins perched on ridges and starfish danced on the side of the island.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2017

Instead of descending directly into the mantle, the subducting plate shallowed out and moved eastward beneath the continental plate affecting the overlying continent hundreds of miles east of the continental margin and building high mountains.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

That shows I've shallowed the path of my driver from the top to impact.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 7, 2016

“Be a good boy,” my mother said with a shallowed voice before closing the door behind her, leaving us alone.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2013

The water soon shallowed, and with a grateful heart he staggered out on a stony beach.

From Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters by William Murray Graydon

The researchers cite as one example the Bangkok basin in Thailand, where groundwater levels fell in the late-twentieth century before shallowing out in the early 21at Century.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2024

Instead, the fish have been forced to lay their eggs at the base of Shasta Lake in the shallowing Sacramento River.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2022

His short-iron stats are trailing, but that's a result of how well he's shallowing the club into impact.

From Golf Digest ● May 29, 2019

But the shallowing seawater in the Baltic Sea is not the only thing worrying people in the area, says Knutsson.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2017

She could feel the dream shallowing, like a sleek ship beaching on a shoal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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